Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have agreed to strengthen cooperation on the joint development of new industries, including health care and environmental businesses. The agreement, reached Tuesday during an economy ministers’ meeting, comes as Japan and ASEAN are set to review ...

Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Myanmar next week to boost economic cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and advance negotiations for a giant regional free trade initiative, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Friday. On Tuesday, Motegi will join ...

Japan and Ukraine confirmed Tuesday their cooperation on improving the energy situation in the East European country that worsened following the crisis in Ukraine’s Crimea region. Iindustry minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who is visiting Kiev, and Ukraine’s energy minister, Yuriy Prodan, signed a joint declaration ...

Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday that he will not be rushed into deciding a new energy policy that supports the use of nuclear power. “We hope to finalize things as early as possible, but we don’t want to rush the process because it ...

People forced to flee the radiation in Fukushima Prefecture who probably never will be able to return home may get relocation support, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry To­shi­mi­tsu Mo­te­gi suggets.

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi has suggested he supports local calls to scrap the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear plant, located near the stricken Fukushima No. 1 complex. “Thinking about the current feelings of the people in Fukushima Prefecture, I don’t think ...

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi has agreed with France’s industrial and trade ministers to promote free trade negotiations between Japan and the European Union. The accord was reached Monday in Paris during talks Motegi held separately with Arnaud Montebourg, French minister ...

Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said he has confirmed with the Kenyan government a joint undertaking for oil exploration in the southwestern part of the African country. State-owned resource developers Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. and National Oil Corp. of Kenya agreed in ...

Trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman agreed Wednesday to promote talks between their countries in parallel with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations. This accord came a day after Japan made its debut as the 12th member in the U.S.-led TPP ...

Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that some of the country’s idled nuclear reactors might resume operations this autumn at the earliest after undergoing a new safety assessment process. The Nuclear Regulation Authority plans to introduce new safety requirements for nuclear power plants July 18, ...